Camille Cabral

She was born in Brazil as a man and then had surgery in France becoming the first transsexual woman in the Republic of France. She is dermatologist but she is dedicated to political activism since she changes her identity because was forbidden to continue working in her profession.

In 1993, she created the Prevention and Action for Health and Work of Transsexuals Group (PASTT), for the integration of transsexual into society. PASTT had been working in prevention of VIH/AIDS in transsexual population, a labor that was development in Paris, with illegal immigrants from different countries. Some years ago this work gave support to about one hundred people. Transsexual population is majority dedicated to sexual work, a work that Camille Cabral demands to State recognition and labor status. She gave support to many groups of horns to organization, and had collaborated with the “Bitch Prides”. She is a fighter against pimps and traffic of persons.

She had been part of France politics because she was the first transsexual elected for a public position, in the period of 2001 to 2008. But in 2006, she was retired of her charge for members of the party in which she postulated (The Greens, ecologist party in France). She postulated as independent in 2007 but she only conquered a minimum average of votes.

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More information:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Cabral

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/PASTT


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